Van Morrison – Carrickfergus (Guitar)

Am         Dm            G     Am
I wished I had you in Carrick fergus

           Dm           G7     C
Only for nights in the Bally grand

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I would swim over the deepest ocean

             Dm         G       C
The deepest ocean to be by your side

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But the sea is wide, and I can't swim over

             C       Dm      G
And neither have I wings to fly

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I wish I could find me a handy boatman

             Dm         G        C
To ferry me over to my love and die

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My childhood days bring back sad reflections

          Dm       G    C
Of happy days, so long ago

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My boyhood friends and my own relations

                Dm         G      C
Have all passed on, like melting snow

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So, I'll spend my days in endless roving

              C          Dm      G
Soft is the grass and my bed is free

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Oh, to be home now in Carrick fergus

                  Dm G              C
On the long road down to the salty sea

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And in Kilkenny it is reported

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On marble stone there as black as ink

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With gold and silver I did support her

                  Dm      G              C
But I'll sing no more now, till I get a drink

      G     C             Dm     G
I'm drunk today, and I'm rarely sober

            C          Dm      G
A handsome rover from town to town

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Oh, but I am sick now and my day's are numbered

            Dm  G            C
Come all ye men, and lay me down